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Human Rights Groups Say U.S. Is 'Systematically Torturing' Immigrants Through Prolonged Solitary Confinement

ICE guidelines limit solitary confinement for people with mental health issues to exceptional circumstances and as a last resort, but the report found the policy is routinely violated

Latin Times

One In Four Migrants In Texas Have Been Placed In Solitary Confinement For Weeks, Report Shows

One in four detained migrants have been placed in solitary confinement for weeks, according to a new report

Latin Times

Immigrants nationwide placed in solitary confinement for weeks, report says

The United Nations says isolating people for 15 days or more constitutes psychological torture.

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More than 10,000 people held in solitary immigration confinement by Ice in a year

Study shines light on growing numbers of vulnerable people being placed in solitary confinement in migrant jails

The Guardian - US

Trump’s US aid cuts ‘help fuel rising anti-LGBT+ violence in Africa’

A report by Physicians for Human Rights has found dramatically increased levels of abuse and denial of health services in the wake of US foreign assistance being slashed

The Independent UK

Genocide is taking place in Gaza and Europe is duty bound to stop it, Israeli scholar says

Rising voices accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza, accusations Israel denies. Holocaust and genocide scholar Omer Bartov points to the intent to destroy Palestinians in an interview with Euronews.

Euronews

Major Israeli Rights Groups Brand Gaza Campaign 'Genocide'

Rights groups B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel said on Monday that they had concluded the war in Gaza amounts to a "genocide" against Palestinians, a first for Israeli NGOs. Both organisations are frequent critics of Israeli government policies, but the language in their reports issued on Monday was…

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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups

Reports detailing intentional targeting of Palestinians as a group, and systemic destruction of Palestinian society, add to pressure for action

The Guardian - UK

Israeli Forces Target Palestinian Healthcare Workers In Gaza

Physicians for Human Rights Israel report exposes abuse of Palestinian healthcare workers in Israeli custody, highlighting the urgent need for accountabili...

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The "vast majority" of migrant deaths under ICE detention could have been avoided, report says

As of 2024, ICE currently detains approximately 38,000 people each day in a network of about 130 detention centers nationwide.

Latin Times

Children among cancer patients fearing being sent back to Gaza by Israel

Moves to deport those receiving care in East Jerusalem have been called ‘a deliberate risk to innocent lives’

The Guardian - UK

Standard pregnancy care is now dangerously disrupted in Louisiana, report reveals

A troubling new report from Louisiana shows how the state's abortion ban from 2022 is forcing doctors to delay or withhold medical care in ways that make pregnancy more dangerous.

WEKU

Attacks on health care are on track to hit a record high in 2023. Can it be stopped?

The targeting of hospitals and medical workers is a fact of modern warfare — in Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Gaza and Israel. International law say such attacks are unacceptable. Are there any consequences?

WEKU

Scores of women and girls were sexually assaulted after peace deal in Ethiopia's Tigray, study shows

A new study of medical records shows that at least 128 women and girls were sexually assaulted in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region even after a peace agreement ended a two-year conflict there

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Ceasefire agreed after hunger striker’s death in Israel

A ceasefire has been agreed after Israeli planes hit Gaza amid fighting sparked after a Palestinian hunger striker died in an Israeli prison.

WEKU

In Oklahoma, a woman was told to wait until she's 'crashing' for abortion care

A new study shows women who call the hospitals in Oklahoma get confusing information about the state's abortion bans. One family lived through that confusion with dire consequences last month.

The Independent UK

Report: 119K people hurt by riot-control weapons since 2015

More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from “less lethal” impact projectiles

The Independent UK

Ukraine's health care on the brink after hundreds of attacks

Researchers have documented more than 700 attacks against health care facilities and staff a year into Russia’s war in Ukraine

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Proving war crimes isn't simple – a forensics expert explains what's involved with documenting human rights violations during conflicts, from Afghanistan to Ukraine

The United Nations reports that at least 5,237 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in the Ukraine war – but other estimates place this figure at more than 10,000.

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